Eight years at Richview today
On July 2, 1998, I began as the young new pastor at Richview. I remember the excitement of a fresh new assignment, and also the nervousness.
Nobody calls me the new young pastor
Ready for the game
The neighbors have a big Portugal flag up. It’s only fair that we show our true colors.
Some friendly neighborhood rivalry. Go England go!
Update: Ugh! Hurts to lose.
The idolatry of the “Good Life”
Internet Monk warns us of the influence of American culture in our preaching:
The idolatry of "The Good Life" is, instead, the reshaping of the Christian movement into a particularly American
David Fitch: The Myth of Expository Preaching
David Fitch on The Myth of Expository Preaching:
I believe there is a myth surrounding expository preaching among N. American evangelicals. It goes like this: if the preacher follows the text more closely
The reading phase is almost over
At our last residency, they warned us that we had a good 50-100 hours reading ahead of us before we started to write our thesis-project. I thought I would get it done in